It's all about "lowering those risk levels," said Team USA's five-time world wrestling champion Adeline Gray about her strategy ahead of Tokyo 2020. She suffered a shock defeat at Rio 2016 and talks about what she has learned from it.

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Five-time world champ Adeline Gray on lessons learned

Growing up as a female wrestler, Adeline Gray had no dreams of becoming a professional athlete.
After all, wrestling was a sport dominated by men for centuries, only making its Olympic debut for women at Athens 2004.
In Gray's mind, society in the United States dictated that she would give

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Team USA returned home from the 2023 World Wrestling Championships with four gold, three silver and seven bronze medals to finish in second place in the overall medal table, just behind Japan.
Outstanding performances and top-four finishes from the American athletes also earned the U.S. seven spots at the Olympic

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CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: David Morris Taylor III of Team United States celebrates his victory over Hassan Yazdanicharati of Team Iran during the Men's Freestyle 86kg Final on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 05, 2021 in Chiba, Japan.

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Team USA returns from 2023 World Wrestling Championships with 14 medals and seven Paris 2024 quotas

The 2023 World Wrestling Championships has kicked off in Belgrade, Serbia.
Between 16-24 September world titles will be won in all three wrestling divisions: men’s freestyle, women’s wrestling, and Greco-Roman.
A whopping 90 Olympic Games Paris 2024 quotas are on offer at the event.
Being less than a year away

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David Taylor (USA) will be hoping to defend his world title at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

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She’s a six-time world wrestling champion, Tokyo 2020 silver medallist, new mother of twins and worldwide role model to women in sports.
A seventh world title isn't necessary to cement the name Adeline Gray in the history books, but she’s going for it anyways.
With more world titles than any

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Adeline Gray: Mother of two and six-time champion faces the ultimate test - Can she maintain her decade-long unbeaten streak at the wrestling world championships?

Belgrade hosts the 2023 World Wrestling Championships from 16-24 September with men's freestyle action taking place over the first four days, with action streamed live on Olympic Channel.
Five out of the six gold medallists from Tokyo 2020 in 2021 will be competing, with only 125kg Olympic champion Gable Steveson

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With seven gold, six silver and two bronze medals at the Worlds in 2022, Team USA has selected five reigning champions and a star-studded roster who will attempt to secure victory at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.
However, with dominant countries including Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Türkiye and Serbia

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Kyle Dake (red singlet) competes against Jason Nolf (blue singlet) in the Menâ€™s Freestyle 74kg match during the 12th Annual Beat the Streets Wrestling Benefit at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on June 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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American Adeline Gray won her sixth world title Wednesday (6 October) at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. Gray held off Estonia's Epp Maee in a 6-4 decision via fall.
Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan and Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza of Egypt shared the bronze medal.
The win

CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Adeline Maria Gray of Team United States celebrates before before Aline Rotter Focken of Team Germany was declared the winner during the Women's Freestyle 76kg Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 02, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Adeline Gray wins sixth world title in Oslo

There will be no fewer than four Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallists on show at the 2021 Wrestling World Championships in Oslo, Norway, including Abdulrashid Sadulaev, David Taylor, Mohammadreza Geraei and Tamyra Mensah-Stock.
The event runs from October 2-10, and those Olympic champs will be in good company too. While

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CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 03:  Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of Team United States celebrates defeating Blessing Oborududu of Team Nigeria during the Women's Freestyle 68kg Gold Medal Match on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 03, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Aline Rotter-Focken of Germany beat Team USA’s Adeline Gray (silver) 7-3 in the 76kg wrestling final on 2 August on Mat A at the Makuhari Messe Hall. In that same event, People’s Republic of China’s QIAN Zhou and Turkey’s Yasemin Adar earned the bronzes.
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CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Aline Rotter Focken of Team Germany celebrates after defeating Adeline Maria Gray of Team United States during the Women's Freestyle 76kg Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 02, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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Rotter-Focken wins women’s 76kg free wrestling final; Cuban pair bags men’s 130 and 70kg Greco Roman gold

Day ten of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in 2021, looks set to be another thrilling day of action for the United States team on Monday August 2 (Sunday evening and early Monday in the U.S.).
Across the Games, everywhere you look there are big events worth watching, with 22

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How to watch Team USA athletes in action at Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the coming hours, including women's football semi-finals

Wrestling at Tokyo 2020 begins on Sunday 1 August, and there will be an exciting mix of talent from the United States on show.
It is a huge achievement in itself for USA grapplers to make their Olympic team, with the star-studded USA Trials in April producing a few surprises

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 21:  Kyle Frederick Snyder of the United States celebrates after winning gold over Khetag Goziumov (not pictured) of Azerbaijan during the Men's Freestyle 97kg Gold medal match on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 21, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

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